The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2055
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
7:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.59° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.42° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.